Same-sex couples will be able to marry starting on Nov. 11 at 5PM, one week after Crabtree issued the preliminary injunction on midterm election day. In his ruling, Crabtree stated that a marriage ban issued towards same-sex couples would go against the Constitution's equal protection clause.

Because Kansas’ constitution and statutes indeed do what Kitchen [v. Herbert] forbids, the Court concludes that Kansas’ same-sex marriage ban violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

And Kansas might get more progressive news on Tuesday. Gov. Sam Brownback — a loud opponent of same-sex marriage — might be dethroned by Democrat Paul Davis in the state.